Bridle.



' 5N0. 851,463. PATENTED APR. 23, 1907.

R. H. WILLIAMS.

BRIDLE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 2. 1900.

A TTIOHNE rs UNTTn STATES PATENT QFFICE.

BRIDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 23, 1907.

Application filed June 2,1906. Serial No. 319,868.

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT HOWARD Vv ILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Maize, in the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, have invented a i new and Improved Bridle, of which the fol lowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention is an improvement in bridles, having for an object, among others, to provide a bridle which shall be of simple construction, humane, and an effective means to bring the horse to a quick stop.

7 This last object is accomplished by making the check reins and driving reins as a continuous piece passing loosely through the bit and elbows ateach side of the horses head, thereby multiplying the power at the bit as applied to the reins and enabling the driver to control the horse with small exertion.

The few parts employed in the bridle construction not only permits its manufacture at a small cost, but gives a decided neat appearance and obviates the use of heavy, cumbersome parts employed in many other bridles hitherto devised.

A further object is to so construct the bit used in connection with the bridle, with non frosting or poisoning metal, that it shall ht the horses jaw below the grinders and above the nippers in such a way as not to press on the lip.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a graphic representation of the fore part of a-horse with my improved bridle applied; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the bridle with the parts in the same relation as when applied to the horse; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through a flanged elbow employed as a guide in connecting the several parts of the bridle together; and Fig. 4 is a transverse central section through the bit on substantially the line 44 of Fig. 2.

The numeral 1 indicates a back band having attached thereto a check rein hook 2 and guide rings 3 as is usual in the general harness construction. Adapted to be attached to the hook 2 is a loop 4, having fixed at each side thereof a check rein 5 passing through flanged elbows 6 down through eyes 7 at the ends of a bit 7 and terminating in loops 8. To the loops 8 snap hooks 9 are engaged, which are attached to suitable reins by buckles 11, or in any other desired manner.

To the center of each flanged elbow 6 is connected a throat latch 12. made adj ustablc by a buckle 13, the connection being formed between the elbo s and the throat latch by loops in the latch passing about the body of the elbows. Connected to the flanged elbows at each side of the throat latch in a similar manner, is respectively, a head strap 14 adjustable by a buckle 1-5, and a brow strap 1.6 adjustable by a buckle 17, the straps being made from a single piece of leather split to form them as shown in Fig. 3. WEE.

The bit 7 is made concave-convex in cross section with rounded edges of a non-frosting and non-poisoning material, preferably wholl T of aluminum or aluminun'i with a steel core 7 and arched over at its center to fit the lower jaw of the horse below the grinders and above the nippers, in such a way as not to interfere or press on the animals lips. The bit is also connected at each end through the eyes 7 by a chin strap 18, made adjustable by a buckle 19 at an intermediate portion of the strap. In the practical construction of the bridle all of the elements will preferably be made of leather except the buckles, elbows and bit, the buckles and elbows to be of brass or other hard metal, and the bit to be of a composition as outlined.

In the operation of the bridle, when the reins are pulled on the bit is pressed on the horses tongue, allowing the check rein 5 to freely slide through the elbows 6 and eyes 7 of the bit, drawing the horses head upward with multiple force. The horse is by this operation quickly controlled, as is evident. It is also apparent that with a slight pull on the reins, the horses head is forced to stand erect through the action of the check rein, and the check rein in this particular performing the same function as in bridles of ordinary construcion.

It is evident that various details of construction may be modified. to some extent from that which I have employed in the embodiment of my invention as described and I desire to have it understood that I consider that I am entitled to such changes as fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a bridle, reins, a curved aluminum bit, a chin strap connected at each end thereof, flanged elbows, a brow strap and ahead strap connected to the elbows, a throat the brow and head straps, check reins dil the elbows and bit, for the purpose described.

latch connected to the elbows intermediate l nected to the reins and freely slidable through rectly connected to the reins and freely slidi In witness whereof I have signed myname able through the elbows and bit, and means to this specification in the presence of two 5 for adjusting all of said straps. d subscribing witnesses.

2. In a bridle, a bit, a chin stra connecte at each end thereof, flanged elbd ws, a brow ROBEM HOWARD WILLIAMS strap and a head strap connected to the ell/Vitnesses: bows, a throat latch intermediate the brow O. A. MARTIN,

1c and head straps, and check reins directly con- 0. J. MARTIN. 

